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Overview, Multiple Pregnancy and Infertility Treatment

Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:57 pm


Overview

A multiple pregnancy is a pregnancy involving more than one fetus. Twins, triplets, and quadruplets are multiple pregnancies. The largest multiple pregnancy on record led to the birth of nine offspring.

Twins are the most common type of multiple pregnancy. But worldwide, the incidence of multiple pregnancies of all types - twins, triplets, quadruplets, quinteplets, sextets, and more - is increasing as advanced types of infertility treatment become more common.

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